Man allegedly told KC cops he shot 400 people — 10 per month. Can that be true?
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- Prosecutors charged Daimon Benson with second-degree murder and weapons counts.
- Benson allegedly told detectives he shot about 10 people monthly, totaling 400.
- Police working to verify claims; Benson certified adult, held on $100,000 bond.
When Jackson County prosecutors announced criminal charges in a 2022 interstate shooting on Thursday, they said that the suspect told investigators he had shot at least 10 people every month for a period of time, and 400 in his life.
The statement was included in court filings this week, and in a news release from prosecutors announcing the charges against Daimon Benson, 19, of Kansas City, Kansas.
When asked about those numbers and whether authorities believed them, Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said Friday that while her office included Benson’s alleged comments to detectives in a news release, her office is not an investigative agency and that the Kansas City Police Department is working to verify the claims.
“As it pertains to the open case file we have in our office now that Mr. Benson has been certified as an adult, we are ready,” Johnson said. “We’re tackling it, and we will absolutely pursue justice to the fullest extent of the law.”
A spokesperson for Johnson’s office told The Star that comments Benson made to investigators about shooting 400 people were included in the criminal charging document.
“In this case, we reported what the defendant allegedly told detectives, which is customary in our press releases,” said Jazzlyn Johnson.
Road rage shooting
Benson is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 34-year-old Cameta Glenn on Oct. 21, 2022, on Interstate 70 and Interstate 35 near downtown Kansas City.
Benson allegedly told detectives in 2025, when they were trying to gain information on the 2022 shooting, that he estimated shooting roughly 10 people every month from inside a vehicle, according to court documents.
Benson said that 150 of those 400 victims were people he had robbed between 2019 and 2020. Benson allegedly said he had robbed an average of three people per day during that time.
He also faces two counts of armed criminal action, and one count of unlawful use of a weapon — shooting at or from a motor vehicle, at persons, motor vehicle or building, resulting in death or injury, according to court records.
Johnson said Benson was a juvenile at the time of the shooting and was certified as an adult on Wednesday in Jackson County Family Court. He is being held on a $100,000 bond.
According to court records, police responded to the shooting and found a woman with a gunshot wound to the head in the driver’s seat of a white Toyota Camry that had crashed. The woman, later identified as Glenn, was taken to a hospital, where she died.
Investigators later determined that a gray Dodge Charger began chasing the Toyota at a high rate of speed. The Toyota cut off the Charger before the pursuit, prosecutors alleged.
A passenger in the Charger, later determined to be Benson, allegedly shot into the Toyota. The Toyota crashed, and the Charger sped away, according to court records.
Prosecutors said Benson had been involved with SAVE KC, a focused deterrence initiative aimed at reducing violence in Kansas City. Benson had not attended a recent “call-in” where participants are offered social services, job training and other initiatives to stay out of trouble.
This story was originally published January 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM.
